Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 527: Pest Control - As introduced, specifies that a manufacturer or seller of a pesticide registered with the commissioner of agriculture and with the environmental protection agency under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is not liable in a civil action related to the labeling of the pesticide, if the pesticide bore a label approved by the EPA under FIFRA at the time of sale. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8.

Passed one chamber Last action April 7, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Plain-language summary

SB 527 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pest Control - As introduced, specifies that a manufacturer or seller of a pesticide registered with the commissioner of agriculture and with the environmental protection agency under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is not liable in a civil action related to the labeling of the pesticide, if the pesticide bore a label approved by the EPA under FIFRA at the time of sale. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8. Primary sponsor: Stevens. Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2025): Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Stevens.